On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 04:50:35PM +0200, matthias wrote:
quoted text
> Hello all,
> 
> I'll get a device driver for an low power gyroscope (adis16255) from
> analog devices in the staging directory at the next kernel merge
> window (whenever that will be).
> 
> So my question is, how to get it out and up in the mainline. I've some
> source code optimisation issues to do, but that's not a big deal. What
> I'm wondering about is:
> 1. Where do I find people willing to test my driver. Should I ask the
> guys from analog devices to check it? Any suggestions?

If you have a device, then that's all the testing it needs :)

quoted text
> 2. To which subsystem should the driver be proposed for merging. It
> uses SPI communication and AFAIK there is no place for miscellaneous
> SPI devices like in drivers/i2c/chips. Maybe in misc?

yes, maybe misc.

quoted text
> 3. When to merge to the mainline. Is it Gregs job to decide when a
> driver is ready for the appropriate subsystem mailing list, up to me
> or decides the driver dev community?

Well, it has to pass my review, and the review of the subsystem
maintainer that you are going to be having the driver live in.

thanks,

greg k-h
_______________________________________________
Kernel-mentors mailing list
Kernel-mentors@selenic.com
http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-mentors